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Thursday, February 7, 2013

My quilting is in a magazine!

There is something so great about seeing your name in print, in a national magazine and knowing that your work will be appreciated by lots of quilters. I have to admit that the feeling never gets old and thinking back to when I started this quilting journey, I never thought this would be possible. So, at times I just have to pinch myself to make sure it is real.

Last August I quilted a quilt that I knew I could not share for a long time, so I am happy to now share the quilt with you. I knew the quilt would be in the April issue of American Patchwork & Quilting, but I had no idea it would be the 20th Anniversary Issue - doubly cool!

Photo courtesy of American Patchwork & Quilting.

This super cute quilt is designed by Holly Hickman, she works for Moda and I was lucky enough to be asked to quilt it. Holly wanted the background of the quilt to look like tree bark. So, I had my sister (thanks Jess) sketch out the tree bark on the quilt top. She did a very rough sketch, then I added the detail to the quilting as I went along. The end result is definitely worth the effort I went to in added detail. ;-)

I had so much fun quilting this up, the lines and filler design are all free motion quilting.

The tree knots turned out so cool!

It is so great to share this project with you, finally. So, if you have the magazine - look it up on page 75 and if you want to make this darling quilt - we have kits in the shop here.

In other news, we have a giveaway going on here, I have a quilt on that is going to be amazing (I can't wait to share that with you) and I am pretty sure next week I will have a cover of my book with more info when it comes out. I can not wait to share that with you, so stay tuned! ;-)

Wow Judy. Wow. It's beautiful. Great job and congratulations! The quilt looks small so I can't imagine how long it took you to fill in with all those little circles. You are amazing and definitely deserve to be featured in that magazine. Yay for you!!!

Looking so forward to your book. Can hardly wait. I have bought and used your templates and I love them. I am a quilter but cannot draw diddly so your templates are wonderful to use. You didn't make one Thelma's quilt that I have missed, did you? I love it but haven't seen it available to purchase. Your quilting has been a inspiration for years and thank you so much for sharing, making videos and explaining "things".

Oh, my gosh! I gotta get to the store to pick up a few copies. Wow, Judi! Are you human? You may be, but I don't think your quilting is! It's OUT OF THIS WORLD! Congrats to you. You are so deserving of the recognition!

My magazine arrive on thursday, but being as busy as one can get, I only got to open it on friday morning, after the twins arrived that I look after. They had a snow day, loved the fact that we could do anything to do with thread (string) and fabric. They saw the owl quilt being almost 11, they got so excited about this quilt. All the books they read, has owls or magical creatures in it. Thank you once again for inspiring us with your gift!

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I am Judi the Green Fairy of Green Fairy Quilts. Strange name you may think, but it is a fun story of when I was young and my mom would comment before she left anywhere that it would be nice if the Green Fairy cleaned up while she was gone. I usually took the hint and cleaned up. So, when we started to think of a name for our business, naturally Green Fairy Quilts was it. I love to quilt and love to design, so together with my husband Clint we have turned my passion into a business. Clint now runs the business while I get to spend my time taking care of our four children and making time to longarm quilt and design quilt patterns. Thanks for stopping by!